Ceramic pressure-tight housings for ocean-bottom seismometers applicable to 11-km water depth

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 756-763

  Asakawa, Kenichi ^a   Hyakudome, Tadahiro ^a   Yoshida, Masao ^b   Okubo, Naoyuki ^b   Ito, Makoto ^c   Terada, Ikumasa ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOCERA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Nippon Marine Enterprises Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramic pressure tight housing; Material; Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS)

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; NEW DESIGN; OCEAN-BOTTOM SEISMOMETER (OBS); THROUGH HOLE; WATER DEPTH;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DESIGN; MATERIALS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HOUSING;

EID: 84867853719     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2012.2204151     Document Type: Article

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